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Netters,
I have just returned from a week long workshop on Reading in the Content
area put on by the Florida Literacy Project where the emphasis was on how to
improve reading skills of middle and high school students.  Very intense, a
lot of information in a short time (I am still digesting and deciding how I
can use it), and very encouraging.  More workshops are planned and if you
have an opportunity, I recommend you attend.  In the meantime, you might try
the book, Reading and the Middle School Student: Strategies to Enhance
Literacy by J. L. Irving (1998) published by Allyn and Bacon.  (A high
school edition is also in the works.)

I think probably the most important thing I was reminded of is that Reading
is not just used in English class but in all classes and that ALL teachers
must be involved in enhancing the learning of Reading by acknowledging its
importance in their class and by utilizing strategies to assist their
students to learn to Read.

Beth Pounds
Librarian
Beasley Middle School
1100 S. 18th Street
Palatka, FL  32177
pounds_b@popmail.firn.edu

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